In the spring of the thirteenth year of Jian'an, not long after Liu Chan celebrated his birthday, news came back from Yecheng in the north.

Cao Cao and Cao Mengde built a large pool named Xuanwu on the outskirts of Yecheng at the beginning of the month.

He arranged for the ships to be displayed on them, and ordered his soldiers to board the ships in batches to practice tactics in the Xuanwu Pond for future use.

What tactics are being trained in the pool, when will this happen in the future, and what is its use?

It seemed like there were three doubt points, but after the news came down, everyone understood it.

Water battle, heading south, time to be determined but definitely not far away.

Three very obvious messages took advantage of the spring breeze to spread from north to south, and have been lingering in Jingzhou and Yangzhou Wu...

As the largest prince in the world today, Cao Mengde, who holds the emperor in power to control the princes, is well known to everyone. Whether he is Cao Cao the thief or Cao General, whether it is a good or bad title, it all reveals everyone's fear of Cao Cao himself.

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Don't look at it, Liu Biao is sitting in the eight counties of Jing and Xiang, and he is armed with hundreds of thousands of soldiers.

But if we really want to calculate the real combat power comparison between him and Cao Cao, Liu Biao can only be one-third as strong as Cao Cao, which is considered good, and there is still a lot of water in it.

Let’s not talk about the difference in the level of generals. They are all generals with real achievements and reputations. There is no war in Jingzhou all year round. Except for the Cai family and the Huang family, there are no really capable ones.

Someone else.

In this way, the only few generals who can show their skills have to add some special prefixes in front of them. They are proficient in water warfare but unfamiliar with land warfare.

There is nothing wrong with this at all. What do the generals of Jingzhou do best? Of course they are sailing on the Yangtze River. Is it possible to make them more accustomed to riding horses and galloping in the desert?

It only has such a slight advantage, but Cao Cao is making up for it greatly.

Although everyone knows that the water surface of the Yangtze River is not comparable to the water surface of a small inland pond.

But it's better to have practiced boat combat than never. Even if the water area between the two places is quite different, there is still some chance of adapting.

In this way, the real combat effectiveness between the two sides is infinitely narrowing the gap.

Especially in recent years, the only places where there is real fighting in Jingzhou are the Jiangxia generation who are in contact with the Sun family. The soldiers in other places may only be suppressing banditry. There are no big scenes that require their action.

Let's look at Cao Cao's soldiers. They have been fighting in the north and south all year round. They have grown from a small eastern Yanzhou to now occupying half of the country. Such a process can't be achieved by just talking.

Those were all fought down by the soldiers with every inch of blood and land. They have never experienced any kind of war. Compared with the soldiers of Jingzhou, their combat experience is completely different...

In comparison, Jingzhou has no resistance at all, so it would be better to surrender early.

But isn't there a big variable in Xinye? Liu Chan knows about the grudge between his father and Cao Cao.

The two of them called each other old enemies. It was not far off. The Jingzhou faction would probably do such a thing if they wanted to surrender, but my father would rather die in battle than surrender to the Cao thieves.

Don't think that this is just for the reputation of the emperor's uncle, for the benevolence and morality he upholds. It seems unreasonable to be irreconcilable, but this is the real reality. The difference in philosophy means that the two people will never be able to come together in this life.

go together……

In fact, Liu Chan vaguely felt that his father's arrogance and ambition were hidden under his generous smile.

Reviving the Han Dynasty is the general direction, and leaving a name in history is personal. The combination of the two is enough to stand in the opposite direction to Cao Cao.

As for the old Sun family in the east, although he now seems to be the same main force against Cao Cao as Liu Biao and Liu Bei, Liu Bei thinks that his elderly brother is much more pleasing to the eye than the younger son of the Sun family.

"The only heroes in the world are your envoy and Cao Er"

These words coming from Cao Cao's mouth not only made Liu Bei understand that Cao Cao could not tolerate him, but also showed that the threat he posed in Cao Cao's mind was extraordinary.

Although Liu Bei was not one of the famous princes in the world at that time, others like Liu Zhang and Liu Biao were not even in the eyes of his boss Cao, let alone Sun Quan, who was a step below him in terms of seniority.

The dog that guards the land has no great achievements. What I am talking about is Liu Zhang. He has no great abilities at all. He is not like his father Liu Yan, who occupied the country of Yizhou and Tianfu in vain. He could have accumulated his strength and watched the world's storms rise.

How can you fail to achieve great things if you wait for the opportunity?

But Liu Zhang did nothing at all, and even threw away part of Yizhou, which he had worked so hard to manage.

The gateway to Hanzhong County was actually taken away by his own men. Was it because Zhang Lu was too famous in Hanzhong, or because Liu Zhang simply didn't have that much prestige to convince his men?

The so-called tiger father and dog son are perfectly embodied in Liu Yan and Liu Zhang, father and son...

As for Liu Biao and Liu Jingsheng, they are old and fatuous, and have long lost their grace when they entered Jingxiang alone.

As one of the "Eight Horses" in the world, Liu Biao was very high-spirited and ambitious at the beginning, his vision was frightening, and his abilities naturally matched it.

During the years when he governed Jingzhou, he established scriptures, established schools, loved the people and raised scholars, and besides making friends with all parties, he also carried out major killings.

Sun Jian and Sun Wentai, one of the feudal princes from Jiangdong who fought against Dong, died at the hands of Liu Biao. Can you say that he was a useless prince?

It's just that people always get old. As time goes by and the age increases, the original ambition has been completely wiped out, and not even a scum is left.

It also prevented some of his original strategic policies from being fully implemented. Jingzhou's transformation from glory to the present is only superficial. Isn't that enough to explain everything?

If Liu Biao still had a little bit of the demeanor of the past, he might have led his people north to poke Cao Cao's ass during the Battle of Guandu. How could Boss Cao be in the situation he is today...

When you look at the past things in front of you, you will always find some undesirable things, but after all, it is already the past. No matter how regretful it is, it will not help. Too much redundant evaluation will not be helpful to the present. It is better to grasp the things in front of you and try to avoid going away.

It's the old way of our predecessors.

Liu Biao made it clear that he was no longer reliable, and the news from Xiangyang showed that the serious illness he suffered a year ago had not only not been relieved, but had worsened at the beginning of this year. He could not even move and could only lie on the bed.

Moaning feebly.

As his uncle and a member of the clan, although Liu Chan had never seen what Liu Biao looked like in person, he could tell a rough idea from Liu Qi's face.

It's just that at this time, even Liu Biao, who was handsome and ranked among the "Eight Horses" in the past, is just a waning hero in his dying years.

However, Jingzhou has already affected the whole body. Liu Biao's life is actually not that simple. Not only Sun Quan in the east is watching, Cao Cao in the north is watching, even his wise brother Liu Bei is watching.
Chapter completed!